Interpretive Summary: A new transposable element from the hobo, Ac, TamJ transposon family was isolated as a genomic clone from the oriental fruit
fly, BactrOCi!ro dorsalis by scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology, Gainesville, Florida. It is approximately 3.1 kb in length with 19-bp inverted terminal repeat sequences having a single mismatch.Though sharing several amino acid sequence identities with other hAT elements, it is distantly related to both hobo and Ae.Among hAT elements thus far described in insects, it is apparently the most distantly related to hobo.

Technical Abstract:
A new transposable element from the hobo, Ac, TamJ transposon family was isolated as a genomic clone from the oriental fruit
fly, BactrOCi!ro dorsalis. It is approximately 3.1 kb in length with 19-bp inverted terminal repeat sequences having a single mismatch.Though sharing several amino acid sequence identities with other hAT elements, it is distantly related to both hobo and Ae.Among hAT elements thus far described in insects, it is apparently the most distantly related to hobo.